Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 16:07
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 231 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 469 63% 469 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4691 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.09 6% 8.44 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 14.8 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 38GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12510 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2312 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40039504 (AE) Unknown 100 100 461 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 52 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2326 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2686 (F9) Unknown 100 100 108497866	91.2% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 372 Mixed 409 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22.6 125% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 69.3 116% 224 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 98%
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1145 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 565 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55378865 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 580 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 72 (F1) Unknown 100 100 161325	70.2% Very good	Read 522 Write 28.9 Mixed 496 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 14.8 117% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 66.4 120% 237 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 124GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 80 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1688 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1355 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 689 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 999 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 193 185 1176 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 196 190 719 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 199 196 728	66.6% Good	Read 115 Write 117 Mixed 98.4 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.31 99% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 93GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 72605701 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29042290 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1833 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 639893541 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2315 (C2) HDA temperature 37 22 94489280549 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 72605701 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80345953216526 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12778739672 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13982199826	75.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 129 Mixed 111 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 41GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 174 1458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 476 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5112 (C2) HDA temperature 103 90 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 199 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.7% Good	Read 112 Write 123 Mixed 117 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.26 119% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 68GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 186 174 3700 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2847 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2077 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	72.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 115 Mixed 119 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.37 115% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3383 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 36 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 30 90% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16